Mongrel wrote:Well, i was all excited to try out my new press i got a few weeks back. Well i already collet/neck sized the brass and cleaned and deprimed them.
So i spent a bit of time sorting out the brass and then priming 130 cases. I then set up the dies and seated a bullet with no primer or powder just to make sure
i got the OAL correct. Got to 2.800 which is what the manual said.
So i grabbed my 308 out of the safe and round wont load..$%&% %$^^ !$%$.
So i grabbed a few more rounds that were prepped and none will chamber the bolt gets to about 1inch from end and stops
Grabbed a new round just to make sure and straight in no worries.
I then proceeded to youtube and tried to full length size one. Ive &$%%# 2 cases so far beyond use and im no closer to getting it sorted.
Anyone else use lee dies with a hornady lock n load classic press?
TIA Jamie
Apollo wrote:Let's go to the last part first.
In what way have you stuffed 2 cases after trying to FLS them..??
If they are that bad, a photo would be handy.
Previous part, you neck sized cases and seated a bullet but they won't chamber, but do the cases chamber prior to seating a bullet...??
What exact type of Lee Dies as they can be a little different and there are two ways to set them up depending what type of press you have. Re-read the instructions cause if you set them up following the Lee Press setting then using another type of press (ie one that cams over) then you will have a problem. The Lee instructions do show two different ways to adjust their dies. A trick for the unwary.
Bills Shed wrote:Does a neck sized case chamber? ( without the projectile ).
Bill
juststarting wrote:Mongrel, that messed up case is a right of passage for getting used to the Collete die! I have a souvenir just like that.
It sounds like you are not adjusting the Collete die correctly.
1. Get a permanent marker.
2. Insert shell holder
3. Raise the ram with the shell holder
4. Screw in the die so it touches the shell holder
5. As you are doing that, make sure the press handle is down so the ram stays in position.
6. Now, screw down the tightening nut almost all the way, but not fully and draw a line on the die and the nut. Screw the die down one more turn so the line you drew is aligned again.
7. Now, insert case, raise the ram and apply pressure, just enough untill you start filling spring-like tension, almost like a spring is pushing down on the ram and you are pushing the ram into that spring. Once you feel that - stop.
8. Drop the ram.
9. Chamber the case. Should work. It actually requires a lot less pressure than you think initially.
10. Take the projectile and just drop it into the mouth of the case. If it falls through, pop the case back into the press and apply little bit more pressure, untill there's appropriate neck tension. If not, go back to step 7.
Hope that helps.
juststarting wrote:Kinda pulling this out of my... Could it be that you had an abstraction that got dislodged with factory round pushing it through? Check the bore.
Or force of the bolt squeezing the neck? Maybe try with more fresh cases and see if you can replicate or if it works?
duncan61 wrote:Good one.Thanks for not taking offence.I made some pretty basic errors when i first started like reloading wet shotshells ooppps.Using to much bees wax lube and the powder didnt go in the case on a hornet the list goes on
superdave wrote:
Hi Mongrel (and everybody else ), you seem to have your sizing problem resolved for now.
For future reference, I suggest buying one of these in the caliber you're loading for. It's a case gauge, with the correct dimensions for the case. In other words if you've set everything up right, and run the case through, it should drop easily into the gauge and sit inside as it is in the photo.
The other end is important as well, if the neck sits outside the end of the steel, then you should seriously look at trimming your cases. This can be another reason why the bolt won't close, as I found to my annoyance when my AR15 wouldn't go into battery because I as a beginner assumed that my cases were probably ok.
The case gauge is a very fast, easy way to check that your case has been formed properly and will chamber reliably.
I run all my cases through this way and very seldom have anything that won't chamber.
I had one the other day in 9mm, but that was because I obviously had missed it to begin with.
brett1868 wrote:Where you at Mongrel? Was thinking you'd be out at the compound repelling Zombies
Mongrel wrote:brett1868 wrote:Where you at Mongrel? Was thinking you'd be out at the compound repelling Zombies
Lol gday brett. Yeah mate we are at your spot. Very hot here nd unfortunately we wont be here when u get here. My dogs arent coping well and its only getting hotter. When u get here watch out for ticks as ive had 5 on me today. But didn't bite me luckily. As for hunting havent seen anything again besides few roos . But having a ball shooting targets and relaxing.
Your firebreaks are getting overgrown now aswel.
Talk more later mate